Buffalo Bills training camp finally had a jolt on Tuesday, and it came with pads on, tempers flaring and Josh Allen uncorking the kind of throw that makes a practice field feel a little bit bigger.
After four quieter days to open camp, the fifth session turned into the liveliest one yet in Pittsford, N.Y. The biggest spark came barely a minute into live 11-on-11 work when Allen dropped a deep ball right into the bucket for DJ Moore, who hauled in a 55-yard touchdown while working against Christian Benford, Maxwell Hairston and Cole Bishop.
The coverage was there. The throw was better.
“Dude, honestly, man, their connection has been unreal. Like it's been like when you watch stuff like that, it, it just feels fake like how beautiful that play was.
I mean, DJ was just gliding,” wide receiver Khalil Shakir said. “It's a beautiful thing to see the, the connection there and every single day, not just that catch, obviously that probably was the best one, but just the stuff they've done every single day and the growth that's come within that is gonna help us win games for sure.”
Moore has been one of the early standouts of camp, and Tuesday only strengthened that case. If there was a camp MVP through five days, he’d have a strong claim.
The mood changed in a hurry later in team drills, when the physical edge of padded practice showed up in a big way. The most heated moment involved tight end Dalton Kincaid and linebacker Kaleb-Elarms Orr. Kincaid caught a pass and was going down when Elarms-Orr came over and shoved him, setting off a scrum.
“Oh shoot, I was just running the ball,” Elarms-Orr said. “People were saying he already went down.
I didn't see him go down. I was like in my drop and ran to the ball.
I just saw him spin. I thought he was still up, so I just, you know, I just hit him.”
The offensive line had a different take on the whole thing.
“Well, I didn't enjoy, you know, hitting our guy after the whistle, but I enjoyed punching him in the face a couple of times and choking him out, so that's always enjoyable,” left guard Alec Anderson said.
“I mean, Dalton's my boy, so you never want to see that happen,” right tackle Spencer Brown added. “He's important to the offense. You want to take care of him, but the flip side of it, I don't mind seeing a little piss and vinegar coming out of the rookies.”
There was more than one skirmish during the session, making Tuesday easily the most chaotic and entertaining day of camp so far.
A few other things stood out, too. C.J.
Gardner-Johnson worked off to the side for the first time since his calf injury on Saturday. Ray Davis briefly left practice before returning after having his right foot taped.
And Shakir kept flashing during 1-on-1 drills before team work, continuing a solid start to camp even if he’s not making the loudest headlines.
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